It Profits A Man Nothing To Give

Even At Our Birth, Death Does But Stand Aside A Little. And Every Day He Looks Toward Us And Muses Somewhat To Himself Whether That Day Or The Next He Will Draw Nigh.

Morality's Not Practical. Morality's A Gesture. A Complicated Gesture Learnt From Books.

When A Man Takes An Oath... He's Holding His Own Self In His Own Hands. Like Water.

This Account Of Him [thomas More] Developed As I Wrote: What First Attracted Me Was A Person Who Could Not Be Accused Of Any Incapacity For Life, Who Indeed Seized Life In Great Variety And Almost Greedy Quantities, Who Nevertheless Found Something In Himself Without Which Life Was Valueless And When That Was Denied Him Was Able To Grasp His Death.

The Law Is Not A 'light' For You Or Any Man To See By; The Law Is Not An Instrument Of Any Kind. The Law Is A Causeway Upon Which So Long As He Keeps To It A Citizen May Walk Safely.